July 22, 2021 Watkins Glen
Smith Park Campground Hector, NY Day 2
Our campground is on Seneca Lake. To get here from the Seneca Scenic Byway, there is a one-mile downhill road. Today’s walk was that same long road…uphill to 414 and then back down. It was a challenging walk! It was so steep that I wasn’t able to maintain speed and still breathe…but I got it done!
The roadside was flanked by vineyards. This is wine country. The grapes are small and green and hanging on the vine.
We took the Jeep with our bikes and drove 15 miles south to the town of Watkins Glen. This is a tourist mecca and town was a busy place. We cycled to Seneca Harbor.
Through town.
To Watkins Glen State Park. We locked the bikes and hiked some of the Rainbow Waterfall trail.
We biked around to the community park where we enjoyed our lunch of cheese and bread.
We traveled on to Clute Park.
We circled back to the Jeep and went to Walmart. We needed supplies.
After our quiet time, we hiked down to the beach on Seneca Lake with a picnic dinner.
This evening we took a ride in the Finger Lakes National Forest where we saw wild turkeys and fawns.
It was a full and fun day.
